File Allocation Table

Microsoft operating systems store data in fixed length blocks of bytes called clusters, with the size of these blocks depending on the type of storage device and the size of the storage device. A File Location Table (FAT) is used to track the clusters that have been allocated to a specific file for Microsoft DOS, Windows, Windows 95, and Windows 98. The operating system relies upon the FAT to locate the data associated with a specific file and references in the FAT act as pointers to identify clusters by n